Fifth-wheel.



No. 815,044. ,PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 13, 1906.

- Application filed ma 9.1904. Serial No. 206.973.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,'WILLIAM A. SOHLEI- CHER, of Cleveland, Ouyahogacounty, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Fifth-Wheel, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich a Figure 1 is a top plan view showing the u per circle-plate andhead-block before attaching the perch-irons. Fig. 2 is a similar view ofthe perch-irons before attaching to the upper circle-plate andhead-block. 1 Fig. 3 is a lon itudinal section showing these parts uniteand Fig. 4 is a detail section on the line IV IV of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, 2 represents the upper plate of a fifth-wheel, and 3 isthe head-block cast integrally with the circle-plateand having arearwardly-projecting flange or lugs 4 4, provided with bolt-holes forthe attachment of the front end of the perch-iron 5, which is madeseparate from the head-block and has a socket 6 for the king-bolt. Thehead-block has sockets 7 for the carriage-bolts.

The novel feature of the device consists in the separate perchironadapted to be seated on the flange or lugs and to be secured thereby tothe head-block. It reatly facilitates the manufacture and assem ling ofthe fifthwheel, which can be taken apartand mounted in the diflerentdepartments of the factory before the parts of t e vehicle are finallyassembled. Thus the spring can be secured on top of the head-block, thereaches boltedto the perch-iron, and these parts stacked separate y intheir respective departments, and when they are finally assembled allthat remains to do is to seat the ends of the perchiron on the In s orflange 4 4 and to secure it thereto by b0 ts 8 without the necessity forthe passing of bolts horizontally throu h the head-block, which wouldappear on the ace of the latter. i

The parts may be modified in various ways to adapt them to vehicles andfifth-wheels of different ty es, since What I c aim is Theherein-described fifth-wheel constructionhaving an integral fifth-wheelplate and head-block, the latter having a rearward extension formed witha seat for a king-bolt, and a se arate perch-iron having a registeringseat or a king-bolt and secured to said extension at each side of theking-bolt by vertica'l connections; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM A. SOHLEICHER. Witnesses ARTHUR E. BURT,

ERIOH W. KATH.

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